Itanagar Feb 23 PTI Arunachal Pradesh reported 28 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 64341 a senior health department official said on WednesdayAs many as 63799 people have recovered from the disease so far in the northeastern state including 49 since Tuesday he saidThe death toll remained at 296 as no new fatality due to the contagion was registered in the past 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Lobsang Jampa saidArunachal Pradesh now has 246 active cases with the the Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas having the highest count at 45Altogether 1261118 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till date the SSO said adding the positivity rate stood at 477 per centState Immunisation Officer Dimong Padung said 1629760 people have been inoculated with Covid vaccines thus far PTI UPL RBT RBT

Itanagar Feb 22 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Tuesday called upon tribal community members to preserve and practice indigenous rituals and festivals irrespective of their faith or religionAdorned in Nyishi traditional attire with matchet and headgear in place Khandu hailed the Nyishis for preserving and practicing their age-old customs and celebrating Nyokum with traditional rituals headed by local priests or NyibusKhandu was participating in the Golden Jubilee Nyokum celebrations at Seppa the headquarters of East Kameng districtFestivals like Nyokum and the rituals associated with it are the identity of the Nyishis Therefore all Nyishis including those following different religions must celebrate Nyokum and proudly preserve their identity which they are doing and my respects to them Khandu saidObserving that several persons were attending the festival in shirts and trousers Khandu appealed to them to wear their traditional attires at least during festivalsHe urged them to come dressed in traditional attires to the festival ground on February 26 the main day of the festival when Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda would be joining as chief guestThe chief minister also called upon youths studying in colleges and universities to lead from the front in preserving the indigenous culture of Arunachal PradeshThe state government he said is seriously working to promote and preserve the indigenous culture of the states 24 major tribes and more than 100 sub-tribes and cited the creation of an independent Department of Indigenous Affairs a couple of years backThis department is working in close coordination with community-based organisations civil societies and indigenous groups in making policies that would promote and preserve indigenous culture of all tribes of the state he saidReferring to his last visit to the district when he toured Chayang Tajo and Bameng constituencies travelling by road Khandu said that paper works have been completed for the reconstruction of the Seppa-Chayang Tajo and the Pakke-Bameng roadsVery soon construction works will begin My appeal to the people would be to let the executing agencies do their job unhindered Please do not raise hurdles he saidInforming that the literacy rate of the state has touched 82 per cent as per the latest reports Khandu however said the focus should be on quality education rather than on the number of literates PTI UPL MM MM

Itanagar Dec 21 PTI Arunachal Pradesh reported two new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday pushing the tally to 55322 a senior health official said here Three more persons recuperated from COVID-19 taking the total number of recoveries to 55020 the official said The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 280 as no fresh fatality due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9945 per cent from 9944 the previous day while the active ratio dipped to 004 he said Arunachal Pradesh in the last three days did not report any new COVID-19 case The northeastern state now has 22 active COVID-19 cases Jampa said The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 16 followed by West Kameng 2 Tawang Namsai Lohit and East Siang districts with one case each A total of 1203252 samples including 257 on Monday have been tested for COVID-19 in the state Jampa said adding that the positivity rate stood at 077 per cent State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said a total of 1450225 people have been inoculated so far including 2422 on Monday PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Nov 23 PTI Arunachal Pradesh logged four fresh cases of COVID-19 while eight more patients were discharged from hospitals improving the recovery count to 54937 a senior health official said here on TuesdayThe coronavirus tally rose to 55251 but the death toll remained unchanged at 280 as no new fatality was registered in the past 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Lobsang Jampa said The northeastern state now has 34 active casesTawang district recorded the highest number of eight active infections followed by the Capital Complex Region - comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas - and West Kameng district 6 eachA total of 1196491 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far Jampa said adding the positivity rate stood at 086 per centState Immunisation Officer Dimong Padung said 1387470 people have been inoculated in the state including 5608 on Monday PTI UPL SBN RBT RBT